Residents in Sandy Lake, Cat Lake, North Spirit Lake, Keewaywin and Koocheching First Nations remain on evacuation alert as smoke continues to drift in from four area forest fires.The Ministry of Natural Resources says crews are making progress on the multiple fires and stress the fires are not a threat to the First Nation communities.
543 Deer Lake evacuees remain in Greenstone.
There were 9-new fires reported yesterday in the District, including 3 in the Red Lake District and 2 more in the Sioux Lookout area.
A total of 76-active fires are currently burning in the region affecting nearly 115-thousand hectares of land.
A majority of the activity is in the Red Lake and Sioux Lookout Districts.
